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Climate change activist. Fighter for climate justice. Teenage environmental superstar. The face of the youth movement against global warming. These are just a few of the compliments that 16-year-old Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg has received over the years. However, there are also people who either disagree with her message or the way that she presents it. Some of these individuals are civil about it, others lash out at her online.

However, Greta’s used to getting on the wrong side of some people and she’s tougher than she looks. So instead of falling to pieces from some angry comments after her speech at the recent United Nations Climate Change Summit, Greta decided to hit back at her critics in a viral Twitter thread.

Greta Thunberg roasted her critics in a viral Twitter thread

“As you may have noticed, the haters are as active as ever — going after me, my looks, my clothes, my behaviour and my differences. They come up with every thinkable lie and conspiracy theory,” Greta started roasting her critics, highlighting the fact that this is far from the first time she’s had to deal with negative comments.

Among Greta’s critics were the US President, Fox News host Laura Ingraham, as well as Daily Wire journalist Michael Knowles. This week, Knowles was invited to participate in a panel on Fox News; on it, he called Greta ‘mentally ill.’ It is well-known that the teenager has Asperger’s syndrome because she notes this fact in her Twitter bio.

According to the teenager, climate change deniers would rather criticize everything about her, instead of taking a good, long look at the science surrounding global warming. In her opinion, adults should focus on making planet Earth a better, cleaner, healthier place to live in, not waste their time getting angry at a teenager. What’s more, Greta said that it’s best to ignore the haters.

On Monday, Greta gave a speech at the UN where she verbally lambasted world leaders for failing to stop climate change. Some thought that her speech was just what was needed to wake politicians up. While others said that the teenager has good intentions, but the way she delivered the speech was wrong and that she needed to take a calmer approach.

Donald Trump mocked Greta after her speech, saying that she “seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future.” The teenager took the US President’s words and temporarily put them in her Twitter bio as a subtle dig.

Dear Pandas, what do you think of Greta’s comeback to her critics? What do you think of Greta in general? What ideas do you have to fight climate change? Share your thoughts with us in the comments. And be sure to read Bored Panda’s previous posts about Greta here, here, and here!

Jonas is a Bored Panda writer who previously worked as a world news journalist elsewhere. After getting his bachelor's degree in Politics and International Relations at the University of Manchester, he returned home and graduated from Vilnius University with a master's degree in Comparative Politics. Jonas enjoys writing articles ranging from serious topics like politics and social issues to more lighthearted things like art, pop culture, and nature. In his spare time, Jonas writes books and short stories and likes to draw lighthearted illustrations...

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You may not like her, or how she says things. But her message is important. For the survival of the planet. And I think that it may be true.. people find anything to shout about loudly, so the message isn't heard. Change sucks. It's fucking inconvenient to go green. It's expensive. But wars for shortages or the defense of resources are even more inconvenient and more expensive. We should have started the change decades ago. We knew decades ago.

Actually, no. It's not the survival of the planet, because the planet has endured far, far worse than we'll ever be able to inflict. It's OUR survival as a species that's at stake. And you know, sometimes I'm not entirely sure we're worth saving.

Actually, no Alexandru. Our actions threaten extinction and cause extinction for many plants and fauna. So it's not only OUR survival but that of many species. And I know my family and friends are worth saving. So I'm not going to give up even if people are selfish and don't see the bigger picture.

Good point - by planet I meant the soil, the trees, the air, the water, the animals. I hope they survive. Humans.. Meh.. I'd like to survive. I love living. But if any species should go extinct, it's probably humans.. we messed up so much.

It's not just our survival, it's survival of any species on our planet, of which many are already extinct. I'm losing hope. Twenty years ago I started use canvas shopping bags, the cashier remarked: 'saving the planet, singlehandedly?' The situation is better now, still, I feel hopeless, reading all those attacks on such remarkable young girl. There are fewer "people" who are so blinded by greed, but they have enormous power and sadly, they are supported by many other compassionless, irresponsible, ignorant people. Why they do not want to except truth is beyond me.

I think our children and grandchildren are worth saving, no matter how badly current adults are behaving...These children didn't cause this problem, they (and their unborn grandchildren) deserve to live...but yeah, humanity will go extinct, the planet will keep on spinning without us.

Bullying is such a huge issue in schools to the point where kids are killing themselves. Looking at these adults bully this 16 year old ....now I understand where the kid bullies get the idea. Really appalling behavior.

Gotta love how my comment about my personal experience that is probably worse than most kids... is downvoted. The people that did not like my comment are the very problem with youth suicide. Either you are too weak personally or you think that tough love is going to churn out heartless kids. Give your balls a tug and get your kids prepped for the real world. Because they WILL run into people like me who dont bullshit and tell it like it is... and if they cant handle that, then that is on YOU! And if you downvote this, you are literally proving my point.

Bullying has never changed. what changed is parenting. I was literally assaulted, thrown in lockers, made fun of... and I never once thought about killing myself. Kids are too soft and thats not their fault... its the parents' fault for treating them like royalty. Tough love produces successful and tough people.

None of us should think that we can ever get EVERYONE onboard. There will always be that slice of humanity that in their hearts truly believes that it's "life as normal, nothing wrong here." Pity them. Work around "them" as you will not change their minds. Don't spin your wheels and waste your energy trying to open their eyes, there's deep-seated fear, anger, and ignorance inside them, they feel safer denying a problem.

You may not like her, or how she says things. But her message is important. For the survival of the planet. And I think that it may be true.. people find anything to shout about loudly, so the message isn't heard. Change sucks. It's fucking inconvenient to go green. It's expensive. But wars for shortages or the defense of resources are even more inconvenient and more expensive. We should have started the change decades ago. We knew decades ago.

Actually, no. It's not the survival of the planet, because the planet has endured far, far worse than we'll ever be able to inflict. It's OUR survival as a species that's at stake. And you know, sometimes I'm not entirely sure we're worth saving.

Actually, no Alexandru. Our actions threaten extinction and cause extinction for many plants and fauna. So it's not only OUR survival but that of many species. And I know my family and friends are worth saving. So I'm not going to give up even if people are selfish and don't see the bigger picture.

Good point - by planet I meant the soil, the trees, the air, the water, the animals. I hope they survive. Humans.. Meh.. I'd like to survive. I love living. But if any species should go extinct, it's probably humans.. we messed up so much.

It's not just our survival, it's survival of any species on our planet, of which many are already extinct. I'm losing hope. Twenty years ago I started use canvas shopping bags, the cashier remarked: 'saving the planet, singlehandedly?' The situation is better now, still, I feel hopeless, reading all those attacks on such remarkable young girl. There are fewer "people" who are so blinded by greed, but they have enormous power and sadly, they are supported by many other compassionless, irresponsible, ignorant people. Why they do not want to except truth is beyond me.

I think our children and grandchildren are worth saving, no matter how badly current adults are behaving...These children didn't cause this problem, they (and their unborn grandchildren) deserve to live...but yeah, humanity will go extinct, the planet will keep on spinning without us.

Bullying is such a huge issue in schools to the point where kids are killing themselves. Looking at these adults bully this 16 year old ....now I understand where the kid bullies get the idea. Really appalling behavior.

Gotta love how my comment about my personal experience that is probably worse than most kids... is downvoted. The people that did not like my comment are the very problem with youth suicide. Either you are too weak personally or you think that tough love is going to churn out heartless kids. Give your balls a tug and get your kids prepped for the real world. Because they WILL run into people like me who dont bullshit and tell it like it is... and if they cant handle that, then that is on YOU! And if you downvote this, you are literally proving my point.

Bullying has never changed. what changed is parenting. I was literally assaulted, thrown in lockers, made fun of... and I never once thought about killing myself. Kids are too soft and thats not their fault... its the parents' fault for treating them like royalty. Tough love produces successful and tough people.

None of us should think that we can ever get EVERYONE onboard. There will always be that slice of humanity that in their hearts truly believes that it's "life as normal, nothing wrong here." Pity them. Work around "them" as you will not change their minds. Don't spin your wheels and waste your energy trying to open their eyes, there's deep-seated fear, anger, and ignorance inside them, they feel safer denying a problem.